Lord Evermore
Diamond Member
http://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/04/05/bridge.sex.offenders/index.html
Go ahead and get the "f--- them damn perverts they should die" out of your system, then explain this to me.
In the case of anyone who has limits on where they can live, which for sex offenders can be extreme, how can the state say "if you can't find housing, you have to come live here" regardless of where that place is? And even given that, how can they tell people they have to live under a bridge, in the open, in squalor? Isn't that punishment AFTER they've been freed from prison? And "unusual" as well? I thought the law was to tell them where they could NOT live, I didn't know the state could tell you where you WILL live (unless you're in prison or otherwise incarcerated). What would stop the state from just doing that to any homeless person?
Regardless of their criminal record of course, I'd tell them and any non-ex-con "if you can't find anyplace to live, go somewhere else". Why do they make it sound like these guys have no choice but to live in Miami? Unless there's a specific part of their release terms that says they have to remain in a certain area, they should be able to go anywhere they want as long as the prison system is kept apprised. It's not like they'd be leaving a lot behind, and I doubt they've gotten great jobs they wouldn't want to leave or couldn't do the same thing elsewhere..
Go ahead and get the "f--- them damn perverts they should die" out of your system, then explain this to me.
In the case of anyone who has limits on where they can live, which for sex offenders can be extreme, how can the state say "if you can't find housing, you have to come live here" regardless of where that place is? And even given that, how can they tell people they have to live under a bridge, in the open, in squalor? Isn't that punishment AFTER they've been freed from prison? And "unusual" as well? I thought the law was to tell them where they could NOT live, I didn't know the state could tell you where you WILL live (unless you're in prison or otherwise incarcerated). What would stop the state from just doing that to any homeless person?
Regardless of their criminal record of course, I'd tell them and any non-ex-con "if you can't find anyplace to live, go somewhere else". Why do they make it sound like these guys have no choice but to live in Miami? Unless there's a specific part of their release terms that says they have to remain in a certain area, they should be able to go anywhere they want as long as the prison system is kept apprised. It's not like they'd be leaving a lot behind, and I doubt they've gotten great jobs they wouldn't want to leave or couldn't do the same thing elsewhere..
